Authors
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John Burningham
John Burningham was born in Farnham, Surrey in 1936 and attended the alternative education establishment, Summerhill in Suffolk, where lessons are not compulsory. At the age of 17, he became a conscientious objector, and avoided military service by joining the Friends Ambulance Unit. Th...
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John Connolly
John Connolly was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1968 and has, at various points in his life, worked as a journalist, a barman, a local government official, a waiter and a dogsbody at Harrods department store in London. He studied English in Trinity College, Dublin and journalism at Dublin City Un...
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John Dougherty
Born in Northern Ireland, John Dougherty now lives in Gloucestershire, where he spends a lot of time in his shed thinking up ideas. He held a variety of jobs, from factory machine operator to teacher, before the publication of his first book and his subsequent writing career. He very mu...
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John McNally
John McNally found himself in a series of dead-end jobs until, ten years ago, he found himself in screen writing and has since worked with Aardman, Sony and the BBC. INFINITY DRAKE is his first novel and was written for his children (who, of course, knew nothing about it). Once it sold to a pu...
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John Stephens
John Stephens is an American writer and television producer. He spent ten years working as a screenwriter and director for programmes including The O.C. and Gilmore Girls. He was also executive producer of Gossip Girl and has said, "My years in television gave me a great deal of experience wri...
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John Townsend
After life as a secondary school teacher, John became a full-time children's writer in 2003 and has now published about 300 titles; from little books for little people, quick reads for reading schemes to plays, information books, novels and comic verse. Many of John's books are designed...
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Johnny Ball
JOHNNY BALL has masterminded and presented more than 20 children's television series about maths and science. He is best known for the hit BBC series Think of a Number, in which his unique blend of zany humour, boundless enthusiasm, and expert knowledge turned maths and science into pure enter...
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Johnny O'Brien
Johnny O'Brien is the author of Day of the Assassins . This is his first published novel. Johnny was born in Edinburgh and grew up in Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. He studied History at Cambridge University. By day, Johnny is a Management Consultant and has worked with a range of...
